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I found FitD (via Scum and Villainy) to feel a little too much like a "writer's room" -- that is, when playing we (as a group) were...

I see what you're saying. But I think it comes back to the fact that the players are not the characters. Yes, it's an experience...

I ended up giving them 12 HP and the "save to stay up when dropped to 0 hp" ability.

For level 11 PCs, I’d give your CR3-4 minions around 6–10 HP. That way, a normal attack will usually take one down, but a low damage...

In the original toy line, each action figure (definitely not dolls) came with a comic book. It was thought boys needed something...

Let me restate: for a game to specifically provide for telling a story in play, it must have mechanics that enforce that playstyle. What...

I like all sorts of games, from games using a standard deck of cards, to trading card games, to video games, to board games, and on to...

I couldn't stand those games. 2AM, hammered out of my mind. I'd get roped into a game of hearts, or spades, that sucked. Now I'm holding...

So what do you give up? How, for example, do those games enforce a 3/5 act structure without limiting agency?

This looks fantastic! I love that Star Wars found an animation style that works for them and have stuck with it. I also feel that...

The robust travel mechanics of A5E, as a non-controversial example that leaps immediately to mind. Personally I would add domain...

I don't believe this for a second. The ruleset has little or nothing to do with a "story" playstyle. Now, modules? Sure. They were...

Systems should be designed to accomplish their goals. I don't actually understand the reticence to engage with systems even if they...

Right,like making choices bounded by the fiction and not arbitrary metagame rules meant to emulate a totally different medium.

How so? Class ability X happens at level Y.